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ezjail



Homepage

This is the author's official homepage:
http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/ezjail/(external link)

Updating basejail from new world

After installing world on the base FreeBSD system, you want to update the basejail, too:
ezjail-admin update -i


Adding a new jail

ezjail-admin create -f default [-r jail root] [jail name/hostname] [ip address]

Fields

Name in fs: give this something close to the jail name/hostname for easy understanding (i.e. DOMAIN or service name)
Jail name/hostname: name this after the primary use of the domain (i.e. mail/db/www.DOMAIN.TLD)
IP address: this should be self expanatory

Deleting a jail

ezjail-admin delete [jail name/hostname]


Re-adding a jail

ezjail-admin create -x -r [existing dirname in fs] [new or same jail name/hostname] [new or same ip address]

Fields

Option x: This flag means the jail is already existing, and should be re-created with the given options.

Starting/stopping a jail

ezjail start|stop [jail name]

If you leave out jail name you will start/stop all jails.

Installing and updating ports (incl. portupgrade)

The dir /usr/ports is read only due to the nature of ezjail. This saves a LOT of space, so use it and embrace it ;)
If your ports or portupgrade do not install/update make sure you have these 3 lines in your /etc/make.conf file:
WRKDIRPREFIX=           /var/ports
DISTDIR=                /var/ports/distfiles
PACKAGES=               /var/ports/packages